Boko Haram: National Assembly To Amend Anti-Terrorism Law

R-L: AFTER THE BOKO HARAM MAYHEM IN KANO: SENATE PRESIDENT, SENATOR DAVID MARK, KANO STATE GOVERNOR RABIU KWAKWANSO AND SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HON, WAZIRI AMINU TAMBUWAL DURING THE VISIT OF THE NASS PRINCIPALS TO KANO, MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012.

ABUJA, January 23, (THEWILL) – In a reaction to the deadly bombings in Kano that has claimed more than 180 lives, the National Assembly will urgently amend the anti-terrorism Act, so as to give maximum support to security agencies as they struggle to clamp down on members of the terrorist sect Boko Haram, President of the Senate, Senator David Mark said on Monday.
 
Senator Mark disclosed this when he led the Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and other principal officers of the National Assembly to Kano to assess the magnitude of damage done after Boko Haram successfully executed multiple attacks at various security installations in the state on Friday.
 
Mark used the visit to condoled the Emir of Kano, the Kano Emirates Council, State government and the good people of the State, assuring that those behind these dastard attacks would be brought to book.

“We will do all within our powers to ensure that we don’t have a repeat of this anywhere in our country. If there is anything we in the National Assembly can do in terms of taking a second look at the Anti-Terrorism Act, we will go ahead and do it. We will give maximum legislative and legal support so that those who are involved are dealt with.

“It’s time for all good men in our country to speak out and condemn this act with all our might and with all our powers. It is also time for our security agencies to double their efforts and prevent such mishaps before they happen.

“We have taken all the risk against all security reports to be here, coming together to assure you and the whole of Kano State that what has happened here has not only affected Kano State but the whole nation. The National Assembly stands solidly behind you along with the good people of Nigeria,” the Senate President said.

Senator Mark further assured that the National Assembly “will ensure that the few misguided Nigerians who have been led to this act will not take this country hostage. There is no way we are going to stand by and fold our hands and watch Boko Haram committing these crimes.

“I believe those who are involved are misguided and are being led astray by whatever forces that exist in this country that do not want the progress of our nation,” Mark added.